The Enuma elish
- Marduk conquers Tiamat in a war. How is he presented in the story as superior to her as a divinity? What specific qualities are named and what do they represent?
- How does the war between the gods reflect human life - that is, how are the gods and their behaviors like those of humans? Provide a contemporary example.
- Why did the gods want to create human beings? How did their reason determine what life would be like for human beings in the time of this myth? Consider both physical day-to-day living and the beliefs of this culture.